“Effect of Virtual Reality Therapy as a therapeutic adjunct in rehabilitation program among traumatic lower-limb amputees”: A Parallel Open-label RCT

Saravana Moorthy*, Sushma Sagar, Subodh Kumar, Vivek Trikha, Rajesh Sagar, Chhavvi Sawhne, M Kalaivani, Avinash Dhargave

“Effect of Virtual Reality Therapy as a therapeutic adjunct in rehabilitation program among traumatic lower-limb amputees”: A Parallel Open-label RCT

Saravana Moorthy*, Sushma Sagar, Subodh Kumar, Vivek Trikha, Rajesh Sagar, Chhavvi Sawhne, M Kalaivani, Avinash Dhargave

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S. M. S. S. S. K. V. T. R. S. C. S. M Kalaivani, Avinash Dhargave, “‘Effect of Virtual Reality Therapy as a therapeutic adjunct in rehabilitation program among traumatic lower-limb amputees’: A Parallel Open-label RCT”, ijmhs, vol. 10, no. 05, pp. 797–808, May 2020.

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Amputation of the lower limb is a surgical procedure that is
permanent and can be due to trauma or dysvascular causes.
Loss of balance, reduced quality of life and phantom limb
pain are the fundamental problems that an amputee of lower
limb extremity deals with. (1)
From 2007-2013, there were 310 lower limb amputation in
JPN Apex Trauma Centre. Surprisingly, the numbers rose
to 92 in 2017. In the year 2017&2018, the total no. of amputation
cases increased to 412. Among them, there were
272 cases of lower limb amputations. (2)
Loss of balance is due to the altered centre of gravity
upon loss of a limb. (3) Limitations posed by body function
and structure, thereby hindering participation in daily
work activities affect the quality of life. Environmental and
personal factors further influence these factors. (4)
The standard rehabilitation is training through conventional
exercises, which include weight-shifting exercises, dynamic
balance exercises, stool stepping, braiding and gait
exercises (5). These exercise programs are used to prevent
vascular disease in people with amputation and their adaptation
to amputation. Whatever the time of initiation of
exercise is, it contributes to the physical as well as psychosocial
wellbeing in general. It improves walking balance,
circulation problems, control of prosthesis and energy consumption.
(6)

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